June 21, 2010
Secrets to Living with Cancer
"Extra" Lifechanger Dr. Armand Dorian teamed up with two leading experts, Dr. Michael Yeh, Program Director for the UCLA Endocrine Surgery and Dr. Steven Wong, researcher with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, to explore the secret to living with the disease, which they say isn't the death sentence it once was.
Here are a few tips: 1) Exercise. Build your strength however you can. 2) Cut out the fat! Obesity can only complicate things and 3) Ask your doctor to run a molecular analysis of your cancer. This extra test can be a lifesaver.
Watch this video for more tips!
For more information on Dr. Yeh's research on adrenal cancer, go to Endocrinesurgery.UCLA.edu. And for more information regarding Dr. Wong's program, go to Cancer.UCLA.edu.